to here (for the record that's black Splendor silk on white opalescent lugana)::

Cheffie went from here:

to here (a little more background done; shoes and pot handle in):

And I was even non-stitchily productive. Get this, I changed purses (pretty close to a full-on Spring cleaning for me). Now I'm carrying this Madison Handbag beauty -- a present from my sister (she designed it for me as part of a Leukemia and Lymphoma fundraiser)

And, because I owe it to myself as incentive... what I want to be stitching on is:

You do realize when this big Christmas push is over I'm going to end up started 12 new things. Sigh.
This is why I have such a long UFO list. And I already know that when the above 3 Christmas bits get done that there are two others that I immediately start for this Christmas as well.

Does this happen to you? You put the major effort into finishing 1 (or 3 projects) then you immediately hop into a bunch of new starts despite some logical part of your brain screaming "NO! You have enough going now!" It's not just me is it?

Oh yes, that's a weekend right after my taste. You were such a busy stitcher and accomplished lots. But that's what the ISH weekends are for :)). Creating new WIPS is also one of my passions and noone can stop me, lol.

You certainly had a successful hermit session hehe. Love seeing the progress on your pre-stamped chart. I have never done one of those because I was always afraid of mixing up like colours or running out of floss :)